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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bauer" data-source="post: 482900" data-attributes="member: 775">I can tell you that the follow the contour feature works very very well, it is however, only as good as the contour lines are drawn. It comes with an offset feature, where if you are finding that a particular line is close, but not where you want to be, you can offset left or right X number of feet from that line and move the boat in or out from that line. It will not have anything to do with depth, only the information provided by that contour line is what will relate to.If a contour line ends, or is broken in nature, then yes, the TM will become confused and may start some sort of sporadic search trying to regain its course. Also, if the wrong direction is selected, or you are already trolled past your starting point on the contour line, the boat will again react erratically trying to go where you told it to go. Otherwise you should not have any issues following that line until it ends. It is an amazing tool if you have kids and need to constantly be fussing with them, as you can take your mind off the boat and help them and not pile it up on shore or end up way off course.Newer lakemaster chips such as the VX chip, may contain new mapping data for the lake, but also will not be compatible with the older legacy devices like the 859.If using Autochart live, you will need to have very good maps of your trolling path created in order to fully achieve accuracy, but to answer your question, yes, that raw current data will be better than some old LM map.If you are looking to go to a new TM, you may want to strongly consider the new Quest series as they now also provide for a controlled drift mode that I'm told is quite awesome. However, I am not sure if it also needs to be paired with an Xplore unit, or would work with the helix's etc.</blockquote>

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